Honors/Awards
Local Physician Honored with International Osseo Award
The Silverstein Institute announced that Dr. Jack J. Wazen has been awarded the international Bone Conduction Hearing “Osseo” Award. Dr. Wazen’s scientific and medical rehabilitation of patients diagnosed with single-sided deafness (SSD) through the use of bone-anchored hearing devices as contralateral routing of sound (CROS) devices is the basis of the honor.
Significant and noteworthy contributions to improving the quality of life of individuals requiring rehabilitation in terms of bone conduction hearing is the key criteria for this award, which was originally created in honor of Professor Anders Tjellström and his contribution to the field of osseointegration biotechnology. At the University of Gothenburg, Dr. Tjellström has been a pioneering researcher who surgically treated and rehabilitated both the first patient to receive a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid and the first patient to receive an osseointegrated implant retained ear prosthesis.
Dr. Wazen was nominated and chosen for this award by Dr. Tjellström and the other members of the international executive Osseo Award committee.
Dr. Wazen, Dr. Tjellström
“I am truly humbled to receive the Osseo Award, particularly since it was handed to me by Dr. Anders Tjellström himself, the creator and originator of the osseointegrated hearing implant technology. I have always looked up to Dr. Tjellström and the previous award recipients and appreciated their contributions to the field. I am very honored to join them this year as an Osseo award recipient” – Dr. Jack J. Wazen
Dr. Wazen accepted the award at the 6th International Congress on Bone Conduction Hearing and Related Technologies in Nijmegen, The Netherlands in May. He joins the select group of world-renowned physicians who have received the previously named Tjellström Award.
About the Silverstein Institute
Dr. Jack J. Wazen is a partner at the Silverstein Institute, an Otolaryngology practice with four divisions: the Florida Ear and Sinus Center, the Florida Voice and Swallowing Center, Medical Hearing Systems, and the Ear Research Foundation. Dr. Wazen is also the Vice President of Research at the Ear Research Foundation, is a 501c3 non-profit community foundation dedicated to researching better treatments for hearing loss and balance disorders, educating physicians and the public, and providing community outreach programs and services. For more information on the Silverstein Institute and Dr. Jack J. Wazen, please go to www.earsinus.com and http://www.earsinus.com/doctors.
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